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Cataldo, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1996. It lies in ZIP code area 83810. It lies in Cataldo Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Cataldo quadrangle. It stands 2,139 feet above sea level.

Cataldo within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Cataldo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 534 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Fireworks6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsSKEEL GULCH
8 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWALL 23
7 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOUTH RIVER RD
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCataldo Area OfficeWALL RIDGE
3 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMILE POST 41
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBURNING RUBBER
24 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDUDLEY 2
21 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBEAR CR MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Cataldo: 12 past producers, 7 prospects, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Antimony, Lead, Gold, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amy - Matchless MineZinc, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Amy-Matchlees MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Bobby Anderson MineLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Lead, Sphalerite
Bobby Anderson MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Carlisle MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1942
Cataldo Clay DepositBrick ClayProspectUnknown
Fourth of July Sourdough MineAntimony, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverProducer1885
Great Dunkard MineSilver, Antimony, LeadProspect
Hypotheek MineZinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Mcgillivray ProspectTitanium, Zirconium, ChromiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Shoshone County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Kingston3.1 miles14
Enaville4.3 miles14
Pinehurst4.9 miles14
Pine Creek5.7 miles14
Linfor6.4 miles14
Page6.8 miles14
Smelterville7.9 miles14
Sweeney8.5 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CataldoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14687022The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396248. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.